Flock & ALPR Cameras in Prunedale, California
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Prunedale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Prunedale in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:11 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Prunedale
The readers mapped around Prunedale break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Jul 2025.
- Crazy Horse Canyon Road — 2 readers
- Castroville Boulevard — 1 reader
- Prunedale — 1 reader
- Blackie Road — 1 reader
Prunedale in the Monterey County picture
Monterey County has 303 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #264 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.3% nationally. That’s across 435,834 residents and 6,864 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Prunedale
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Prunedale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Prunedale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Prunedale
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Prunedale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).